Front Drag Flaps Deleted
12-10-2005, 01:31 PM
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deleting the flaps increases airflow (& drag) by about 11%..... to remove them without breaking them (the right way) is alot of work and a real PITA!!! One day when I have to pull the radiator I'll remove mine
12-10-2005, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
Before that, on hot days, I could tell when they were closed because she ran a lot hotter.
12-10-2005, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
Before that, on hot days, I could tell when they were closed because she ran a lot hotter.
12-12-2005, 01:50 PM
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One thing I determined with the flaps is:
If the motor is gone (mine is) & the flaps move freely, just setting the flaps to open works great...UNLESS you drive above about 130mph....then the flaps CLOSE & stay closed....temp goes up...etc...luckily it was a cold night when this happend to me...temp never got over 1/2...zip ties fixed the problem!
If the motor is gone (mine is) & the flaps move freely, just setting the flaps to open works great...UNLESS you drive above about 130mph....then the flaps CLOSE & stay closed....temp goes up...etc...luckily it was a cold night when this happend to me...temp never got over 1/2...zip ties fixed the problem!
12-13-2005, 04:47 PM
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Nicole-
I think my 928 with open, but non-funtional flaps, warms up quicker than my 900 with the turbo 4. I swear (edited because I said sweat there, that was kinda funny) I'm getting some warm are by the time I've driven off my street, maybe a 1/4 mile, unless it's really cold. It's blowing hot after only a couple minutes. The Saab seems to take longer, but that could be because of the ACC which I just let do it's thing.
And I'm talking about Chicago cold, not SoCal cold. Does the fact that it's actually cold outside, and not just that the driver thinks they are cold (
), have any bearing on the way the engine warms up?
I think my 928 with open, but non-funtional flaps, warms up quicker than my 900 with the turbo 4. I swear (edited because I said sweat there, that was kinda funny) I'm getting some warm are by the time I've driven off my street, maybe a 1/4 mile, unless it's really cold. It's blowing hot after only a couple minutes. The Saab seems to take longer, but that could be because of the ACC which I just let do it's thing.
And I'm talking about Chicago cold, not SoCal cold. Does the fact that it's actually cold outside, and not just that the driver thinks they are cold (
), have any bearing on the way the engine warms up?
